General Question

Does anyone have any idea on how I can de-wax my cats tail?

I have one of those candle warmers but the candle I used wasn’t in a jar, so it’s just a bowl of wax. I think my cat was bird watching and idle tail flicking and dipped his tail in the melted wax. Anyway, an inch at the end of his tail is waxed and it’s driving him nuts. (And me, he’s been very verbal about how displeased he is with the situation and the fact that I haven’t rectified it yet.) I know all kinds of ways to get wax up or off of everything else, I’ve just never had to de-wax a cat before. Any suggestions?

I have successfully given Milo a sponge bath with a towel soaked in very warm water after he was sick in the carrier and soiled bits and pieces of himself.

I found that if I worked fast, I could manage to wipe off legs and flanks.

Another trick is to wrap the cat, papoose style, in a towel, so that his legs are covered and then deal just with the tail. Get a friend to grip him, in his wrapping, like a football. That leaves you with both hands free and makes the odds a little better.

wrapping him bubting style, get brown grocery paper or paper towels and a heating pad.wrap paper around area of wax, place in heating pad set on high, wax will melt and soak into the paper.. FYI if its on material works same way with clothes iron and paper

My cat actually got so tired of the wax, he ripped out what I couldn’t cut out, himself. So now, instead of being a wax tail cat, he’s a nub tail cat, precious as ever though. :) Anyone else, think about how much our animals bring (without even trying) to our lives?